[van-announce] Friday March25 Mass Critical

[Critical Mass Vancouver]

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  i rushed from the office at twenty past four
  i raced with the traffic like never before
  the anticipation of a ring road ride
  filled me at once with fear and excitement inside
  at the meeting place there were bikes galore
  some owned by friends, some i'd not seen before
  i lingered and watched as others arrived
  'til the six o'clock kick-off on march twenty-five
  when the signal was given i heard what seemed
  like a thousand deafening whistling screams
  with whirring wheels we had pedalling power
  to challenge the city in the space of an hour
  when my bike hit the road i felt a kind of release
  cycling en masse, my fear of cars ceased
  slowly we manoeuvred to take up a lane
  but the pace soon quickened when the traffic lights changed
  going through the tunnel the whistling screams
  were accompanied by hoots and yells, and streams
  of laughter. i sensed these were halcyon days
  years from now i'd remember the heat and the haze
  yet another sound was reaching my ears
  i turned, it was singing and stumming, but here?
  i knew we were crazy, but this was going too far
  it wasn't just "look, no hands", he was playing a guitar!
  my thoughts raced - "we're here, we've got the impetus
  to make this critical mass seem ubiquitious
  no screecing brakes, we're a well - oiled crew
  more mobile than cars, our profile prolific
  and at every blow from the whistling chorus
  a car horn replied - well, could they ignore us?
  oh, this was the life, seeing the city by bike
  i could soon see the end of the circuit in sight
  we carried on as if to take the route round again
  found a place to wet our whistles and recount the ride
  i felt the day ended with a sense of pride
  so for critical mass we now knew the score
  till next month when we'd challenge the city once more
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BY JAQUIE CAULTON <:> SILICON VALLEY CRITICAL MASS <:> MODIFIED BY RUSL

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                                    you are invited:
                    march 25 CM rolling street party
                               meet 5-5:30 leave 6pm
                               vancouver art gallery
                               downtown vancouverish

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FOR INFO ON CRITICAL MASS SEE THE UNOFFICIAL VANCOUVER CRITICAL MASS SITE
                which is moving from http://www.monkeywrenchcafe.org/cm to
                           http://www.bikesexual.org/cm [update yer links]
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   8 LANE HIGHWAY IN EAST VAN ? ? ? ? ? !
   sensible transportation not a paved planet! join the movement email list
   http://arkady.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freeway1alt-organize
   now. there are meetings in the west at SPEC http://spec.bc.ca and also in
   east vancouver ? contact <stophighways @ telus.net>

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